Flavio Leitner <f...@sysclose.org> writes: > Instead of listing all the dependencies, use the RPM group > 'Development Tools' and the builddep tool to find specific > ones. > > Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <f...@sysclose.org> > --- > Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst | 54 > +++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst | 34 +++++++++++++++------ > 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst > b/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst > index 3119bd9aa..70cebfb16 100644 > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst > @@ -36,23 +36,43 @@ RHEL 7.x and its derivatives, including CentOS 7.x > and Scientific Linux 7.x. > Build Requirements > ------------------ > > -To build packages for a Fedora Linux host, you will need the packages > described > -in the :doc:`general`. Specific packages (by package name) include: > - > -- rpm-build > -- autoconf automake libtool > -- systemd-units openssl openssl-devel > -- python2-devel python3-devel > -- python2 python2-twisted python2-zope-interface python2-six python2-sphinx > -- desktop-file-utils > -- groff graphviz > -- procps-ng > -- checkpolicy selinux-policy-devel > - > -And (optionally): > - > -- libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel > -- dpdk-devel > +You will need to install all required packages to build the RPMs. > +Newer distributions use ``dnf`` but if it's not available, then use > +``yum`` instructions. > + > +The command below will install RPM tools and generic build dependencies. > +And (optionally) include these packages: libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel > dpdk-devel. > + > +DNF: > +:: > + > + $ dnf install @'Development Tools' rpm-build dnf-plugins-core > + > +YUM: > +:: > + > + $ yum install @'Development Tools' rpm-build yum-utils > + > +Then it is necessary to install Open vSwitch specific build dependencies. > +The dependencies are listed in the SPEC file, but first it is necessary > +to replace the VERSION tag to be a valid SPEC. > + > +The command below will create a temporary SPEC file: > +:: > + $ sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.1/' rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in \ > + > /tmp/ovs.spec > + > +And to install specific dependencies, use the corresponding tool below.
Is there any reason we can't `make rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec` for this? I think ./boot && ./configure would work with Development Tools installed, and then the only thing left is let the make system create just that file? > +DNF: > +:: > + $ dnf builddep /tmp/ovs.spec > + > +YUM: > +:: > + $ yum-builddep /tmp/ovs.spec > + > +Once that is completed, remove the file ``/tmp/ovs.spec``. > > Bootstraping > ------------ > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst > b/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst > index 0ef6f55a3..184089e89 100644 > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst > @@ -70,17 +70,33 @@ directory is ``/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES``. On RHEL > 6, the default ``_topdir`` is > Build Requirements > ------------------ > > -To compile the RPMs, you will need to install the packages described in the > -:doc:`general` along with some additional packages. These can be installed > with > -the below command:: > +You will need to install all required packages to build the RPMs. > +The command below will install RPM tools and generic build dependencies: > +:: > + $ yum install @'Development Tools' rpm-build yum-utils > > - $ yum install gcc make python-devel openssl-devel kernel-devel graphviz \ > - kernel-debug-devel autoconf automake rpm-build redhat-rpm-config \ > - libtool checkpolicy selinux-policy-devel python-sphinx > +Then it is necessary to install Open vSwitch specific build dependencies. > +The dependencies are listed in the SPEC file, but first it is necessary > +to replace the VERSION tag to be a valid SPEC. > > -.. note:: > - If python-sphinx package is not available in your version of RHEL, you can > - install it via pip with 'pip install sphinx'. > +The command below will create a temporary SPEC file: > +:: > + $ sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.1/' rhel/openvswitch.spec.in > /tmp/ovs.spec > + > +And to install specific dependencies, use yum-builddep tool: > +:: > + $ yum-builddep /tmp/ovs.spec > + > +Once that is completed, remove the file ``/tmp/ovs.spec``. > + > +If python-sphinx package is not available in your version of RHEL, you can > +install it via pip with 'pip install sphinx'. > + > +Open vSwitch requires python 2.7 or newer which is not available in older > +distributions. In the case of RHEL 6.x and its derivatives, one option is > +to install python34 and python34-six from `EPEL`_. > + > +.. _EPEL: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL > > .. _rhel-bootstrapping: _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
